Emma Barrett is Professor of Psychology, Security and Trust at the University of Manchester and Deborah Oakes is Detective Chief Inspector, Public Protection Specialist Protective Services in Greater Manchester Police. In this article they outline a workshop held in...
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Implementing evidence-based policing: Delivering change at the frontline
On 1 February, Evidence-Based Policing (EBP) practitioners, senior managers and academics gathered at Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Headquarters for a workshop exploring Problem-Orientated Policing (POP) practices and their application to real world situations. It...

Data specialists in policing CPD programme review: Part 1
2018 saw the first running of the Data Specialists in Policing Continued Professional Development Programme which was delivered as a partnership between the Data Analytics and Training and Learning strands of the N8 Policing Research Partnership. It consisted of 8...
Investigating the impact of data analytics and data science on policing
The N8 PRP Data Analytics Strand has launched a project seeking to understand how police forces utilise data analytics in their everyday decision making – but we need your help! We aim to conduct several in-depth case studies looking at particular examples within N8...

Data specialists in policing CPD programme review: Part 2
2018 saw the first running of the Data Specialists in Policing Continued Professional Development Programme which was delivered as a partnership between the Data Analytics and Training and Learning strands of the N8 Policing Research Partnership. It consisted of 8...

The manipulative presentation techniques of control and coercive offenders: What are they and how can interviewers best deal with them?
Julie Jackson is a Detective Inspector in Cheshire Police with 25 years policing experience and a background in public protection and criminal justice and a keen interest in victim and suspect interviewing. In this article Julie discusses the project which was...

Police collaboration opportunities and child to parent violence
In June 2018 the N8PRP held its annual Knowledge Exchange conference. The theme for this year was child-to-parent violence (CPV), its complexities, recognition as an issue and prevention. In this blog-post Dr Simon Retford, Detective Superintendent at Greater...

Reflections on an N8 Policing Research Partnership PhD
Lindsay Youansamouth is researching an N8 PRP supported PhD studentship at Lancaster University focusing on police joint working. In this article Lindsay discusses her PhD research and some of the challenges and benefits the N8 PRP has brought to her collaborative...

Police and mental health – Not just doing the wrong thing righter
On 8th November the N8 PRP held its fourth annual Policing Innovation Forum. The theme for this year was Policing Mental Health: Improving services, reducing demand, and keeping people safe. In this article, Chief Inspector Michael Brown OBE, Mental Health Coordinator...

Interviewing sexual offence suspects: The impact of organisational, professional, and personal factors on eliciting information
This article explores research conducted as a result of an N8 PRP Application of Knowledge for More Effective Policing Programme funded PhD studentship. The PhD examines factors influencing effective information retrieval in investigative interviews conducted with...